Jiang Qingyue, an orphaned young woman, lost her parents as a child and has been bullied and mocked by the entire village for her family's poverty. She scrapes by gathering medicinal herbs. At the end of her rope, she finds a strange white egg adorned with golden patterns and carefully incubates it, only to hatch a white-haired young man named Ao Lin. She assumes the creature she found is merely poultry she can trade for rice, unaware that he is the White Dragon Crown Prince, who has fallen into misfortune and been sealed away. Jiang Qingyue carries a deep blood feud against the Dragon Clan, which killed her parents, and despises dragons. Yet as she spends her days with Ao Lin, she is moved by his willingness to risk his life to protect her and his tender, unwavering devotion. Together, they uncover the shocking injustice of ten years ago, thwart Ao Xuan's conspiracy to usurp the throne, and restore the covenant between humans and dragons. In the end, the impoverished orphan and the White Dragon Crown Prince save each other and remain together for life.